They say: Flipboard is your personal magazine. Used by millions of people everyday, it’s a single place to keep up on the news, follow topics you care about and share stories, videos and photos that influence you.

We say: A lovely-looking magazine-style app, in which you decide on the content. Follow ready-made feeds, add your own via RSS,or plug it in to your social networks. A solid alternative to Apple News.

They say: At Medium, we are creating a network that enables people to make an impression on others. To make them think or change their minds. To teach them something or connect emotionally. Where the quality of the idea matters, not the author’s qualifications. A place where conversation pushes ideas forward and words still matter.

We say: Founded by Twitter co-creator Ev Williams, Medium offers a counterpoint to social networks’ short and snappy content. It’s for long-form work, and is attracting a wide variety of top writers. Some are even forgoing their own website to write exclusively on Medium, where they can be more easily discovered. The app allows you to both read and write content.

They say: Quartz's new app puts the entire global economy in your pocket. It's an ongoing conversation about the news, sort of like texting. We'll send you messages, photos, GIFs, and links, and you can decide when you're interested in reading more. And here's the secret about our little news bot: It's written by humans! Smart journalists who want to keep you informed and entertained.

We say: Weird news app which presents stories as if they were being texted to you by a friend. You can reply and ask for more. You’ll either love it or hate it, but the hipster tone of the conversation will grate on anyone after a while. If you can bear it for more than five minutes, it might be for you.

They say: Perspecs is a new free app that curates the top news stories from a variety of established regional, national and international news sources. Unlike traditional aggregators and news curation services, Perspecs goes a step further and offers readers different opinions of the same story.

We say: Trinity Mirror’s app, which is designed to bring together three angles on the same story from different sources, is an excellent way to broaden your horizons and discover stories from publications you might never otherwise read, whichever end of then political spectrum you come come. Might come in handy when deciding whether we should be in or out. I don’t need to say it - you know what I’m talking about.